A Night To Remember
Chapter 6
Crushes, Secrets, and a Plan.
"Hi, May. It's good to see you." Norman said as he hugged his daughter.
May smiled and hugged back.
"It's good to see you to, Dad." May replied with tears of joy.
When they parted, Norman just stared at his daughter for several seconds. May's expression turned to confusion.
"Dad, is there something wrong?" May asked.
"You seem more mature for some reason. I can't put my finger on it, but it seems like you've grown up." He explained.
'More than you know.' May thought as her mind raced with the wonderful memories of her and Ash's actions of the past three weeks.
Norman noticed May in deep thought.
"Are you okay, May." Norman asked with worry.
May snapped out of her train of thought.
"No, nothing. Just thinking." She answered, hoping he would drop the subject of questions.
Norman smiled.
"Is it about Ash?" He said with a chuckle.
May's heart almost stopped.
"What do you mean?" She asked nervously.
"I mean, do you like him?" He asked.
"Well, maybe a little." She said with a pretended shyness.
Norman smiled and replied
"You better act fast than. Misty and Dawn really like him. If you two do start going out, tell Ash he better keep his hands to himself." He ended with a laugh as he walked out of the room.
'Phew, that was a close one. Maybe later in the week I'll tell him.' She thought to herself as she yawned.
'You know what, I never got any sleep last night. A little to preoccupied with a young, large stamina trainer.' She blushed at the memory. She stood up and started walking upstairs.
"I think I'll try to get some sleep" she said as she opened the door to her bedroom.
"May, wake up! May, You have to wake up now!" Ash yelled as he tried to wake up May.
May opened her eyes to see her husband .
She rubbed her eyes and asked
"What is it, Ash?"
"Misty and Dawn are both crying, they confessed their feelings to me, and I turned them down." He said rapidly in less than three seconds.
"Slow down! Start from the beginning." May said, trying to calm Ash down.
Ash took a deep breath.
"Okay"
( Flashback )
"Come on, Ash! Lets sit over here!" Dawn yelled to Ash and pointed to the bench.
He shrugged.
"Okay."
As they both sat on the bench, Dawn leaned her head on Ash's shoulder.
"Isn't this romantic." She whispered.
Ash didn't answer.
Dawn turned to face Ash.
"Ash, I have to tell you something important." She said with a slight blush.
Ash smiled.
"Dawn, you can tell me anything. Were best friends and you can always talk to me about it." Ash said with a reassuring smile.
"Well that's just it Ash. I want us to be more than friends. For the longest time, I've had feelings for you, but I was always too nervous to tell you. But now I am, I love you, Ash Ketchum." She said the last part as her lips moved towards Ash's.
She opened her eyes when she realized she was kissing his cheek. Her head raised up with sad eyes.
"Ash?"
Ash looked Dawn straight in the eye.
"Dawn, I love you, but as a little sister. I'm sorry I can't return the feelings to you. Please, all I ask is that you not be sad." He pleaded with kindness in every word.
Dawn eyes looked toward the ground.
"Who?"
Ash looked at her with a questioning face.
" What do you mean?" He asked.
Dawn raised her head up.
"Who is it? May or Misty? Which one do you like?" She asked with tears falling down her cheek.
"Dawn, I can't give you that answer right now." He replied.
She stood up and faced him.
"Why not, Ash Ketchum! I deserve to know who the man I love has feelings for!" After saying this, she ran off in the direction of the house. With tears falling down each cheek.
"Dawn!" Ash yelled as he ran after her.
As Ash entered the house, he could hear Dawn crying in the spare bedroom. He walked over to the couch in the living room and sat on it.
"What I'm I going to do?" Ash yelled out loud to himself.
"What's wrong?" A voice from behind asked.
Ash turned around, and could see it was Misty.
"Oh, hi Misty." He sadly replied.
She sat down on the couch next to Ash.
"Whats the matter?" She asked with concerned.
He looked up at her and answered
"Dawn took me to a park and we sat down together on a bench. She than, preceded to confess her feelings from me. When she tried to kiss my lips, I turned my cheek. Than I told that I can't return the feelings as a lover, only as a older brother-like friend." He said with increasing sadness with each word.
"What she do after that?" Misty anxiously asked.
"She asked me who I did like: you or May?" he answered.
"What did you say?" Misty asked hoping for specific details to it.
"I told her that I couldn't give her an answer right now and that I'll tell her when the time is right." He said, sadly remembering the events that unfolded.
Misty placed her hand on Ash's.
"Ash, who is it?" she asked with anticipation.
He looked at her and said "When the time is right, you'll find out too."
Misty stood up.
"You have to tell me now, Ash! Who is it?" She yelled at him.
Ash only pulled his hat down to cover his eyes.
"Is it me?" She asked with a blush.
Ash took a deep breath and gave her the answer.
"No." He said plain and simple.
Misty's eyes began to water.
"You mean after all we been through together, you like May? I've known you for six years now and you love her?" She yelled and questioned with tears running down her face.
Ash didn't answer.
"I love you."
Ash looked her in the eyes.
"I'm sorry. I can't return the feelings." He explained with more sadness growing in his heart.
After hearing this, Misty ran off to her room,
( End of Flashback )
"And that"s what happened." Ash finished his recap of everything that happened.
May pulled Ash into an affectionate hug.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that, Ash." she said with tears filling her eyes.
Ash just cried onto May's shoulder.
"Why don't we go for a walk, and talk things over?" May asked with sincerity.
Ash wiped the rest of his tears and answered
"Yes, that would be nice."
May grabbed Ash's hand and led him downstairs to the front door.
"I love him. I can't let him go." Dawn said aloud as she cried on her bed.
She walked over to the window and continued to cry. She stared at the beautiful night sky.
"He'll love me. I'll find some way to make him love me."
As she continued her sad thoughts, she could see two figures walking out the front door.
"Is that Ash and May?" She questioned to herself.
She could see them holding hands.
"I'll see whats so great about her." She said as she climbed out of the window and started to quietly follow them from behind.
Ash and May stopped in front of the Petalburg Lake. With Dawn hiding in the bushes just 20 yards away from.
"Isn't it beautiful?" May asked Ash.
Ash turned and faced May.
"Yeah, it sure is." May blushed at the complement.
Dawn felt anger start to build up at hearing this.
"May, I love you. And that was the reason that I married you." He said as he leaned down and kissed her passionately.
Dawn almost screamed. She couldn't believe what she just heard. Her Ash, was married to May!
"I love you to, Ash. I think we've proved that to each other both outside and inside the bedroom." She said with a naughty smile.
"May Ketchum, are you saying you'd like to go another round right now?" Ash said as he slipped off his jacket.
May leaned in and kissed long and hard for several minutes.
"You tell me." She said, while taking off her blouse.
Dawn couldn't take anymore and run away toward the house in tears. Than, a thought came to her.
'If I tell everyone they will reject their marriage. When that happens, their separate and he'll come to me for comfort.' Dawn smiled at the thought of Ash being hers and hers alone. She continued to run toward the house, while planning her diabolical plan.
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